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FIELD NOTES. 



BIRDS. 



Manx Shearwater near Rotherham.— Mr. H. Moore kindly 

 sent me a bird for identification, which proved to be a Manx 

 Shearwater. It was picked up aUve on August 24th, 1908, 

 at Dalton Brook, on the Doncaster Road, about two miles 

 north-east of Rotherham.— R. Fortune. 



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BOTANY. 



A Broomrape new to Britain. — In August 1907 I found 

 a Broomrape growing parasitically upon Cnicus eriophorus, 

 within ten miles of Leeds. As it did not agree with the des- 

 cription of any British species, I asked the opinion of Mr. G. 

 Claridge Druce, of Oxford. He, in turn, submitted the speci- 

 men to Dr. Beck, who has monographed the genus Orobanche 

 and is the recognised European authority. Dr. Beck names it 

 Orobanche reticulata Wallroth form proceva (Koch), and states 

 that the plant is new to Britain. Mr. Druce informs me that 

 the hosts of the foreign plants are species of Thistle. — H. E. 

 Craven, Leeds. 



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 FUNGI. 



Geaster fornicatus in Yorkshire. — This comparatively 

 rare fungus was found, April 4th, in a hedge bottom at 

 Masham, by Mr. W. A. Thwaites. This is the first time 

 it has been noticed in V.C, North West. Its only two other 

 Yorkshire records are near Doncaster (Lee's ' Flo.') ; and 

 Castle Howard (Massee's ' Mon. Brit. Gastromycetes,' p. 80). 

 The Masham specimens were of last year's growth, but in 

 splendid condition. — C. Crossland, Hah fax, April 6th, 1909. 



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LBPIDOPTBRA. 

 Ephestia kiihniella Zell. at Skelmanthorpe. — In Jan- 

 uary 1908 I found a number of larvae in an oatmeal box belong- 

 ing to a local grocer. They were in silken cases, about half an 

 inch in length, secured to the sides of the box, and very plentiful. 

 I took a few, and fed them on oatmeal, and during the following 

 summer the moths emerged. Not being able to ascertain the 

 name of the species, I recently sent a few sp:cimens to Mr. 



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